Registering device



(No Model.)

G. A. PHILLIPS. REGISTERING DEVIGB.

Patented Oct. 13, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE ADISON PHILLIPS, OF COLUMBUS, INDIANA.

REGlSTERlNG DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569348, dated October 13, 1896.

Application filed January 3, 1896. Serial No. 574,189. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ADIsoN PHIL LIPs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oolumbus, in the county of Bartholomew and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Registering Device,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved registering device.

The object of my improvement is to provide a simple device for keeping tally for either cash sales or counting successive transactions, as in measuring Wheat. 4

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure l represents a central vertical section of my device. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 represents apartial transverse section at 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. et represents a rear elevation ofthe sliding stop which controls the counters. Fig. 5 represents a front elevation of the same.

In the drawings, 6 indicates a box-like casing provided with two oppositely-inclined transverse partitions 7 and 8. A cash-drawer 9, arranged to be drawn out of the front of the casing, and a counter-receptacle 10, arranged to be drawn out from the sideof the casing, are arranged in casing 6 beneath the partition 8. The upper surface of partition 7 is provided with a series of longitudinal grooves 11 ll, forming runways for the counters 12. Each of said runways is provided with one or more sliding stops 13, which is adapted to control the movement of the counters along the runway and permit the passage of but one counter at a time. Each of said stops is formed, preferably, from a plate of sheet metal, bent at one end at right angles to form the foot-piece 14: and having its opposite end divided for a short distance longitudinally into three parts tWo of which are bent substantially at right angles toward one side of the plate and the other one of which is similarly bent toward the opposite side of the plate, said bent portions thus forming a broad push-button 15. In each stop an aperture 16 is provided for the passage of the counter, and opposite this aperture is Secured a guard 17 which is preferably struck up from the body of the plate from which the stop is formed. Each of the stops is mounted upon a pair of vertical guides 18, so as to slide ver tically across the runway, the stop being sustained so as to normally close the runway by means of a spiral spring 19.

For the purpose of using each'of the counters a second time,and thus registering or keeping tally of a considerable number of transactions with a small number of counters, each runway is provided with two stops 13, arranged one above the other, and thus dividing the runway into three parts 20, 21, and 22.

The counters consist of round balls, preferably marbles, and the surfaces between the runways are provided with a series of graduation-marks, the spaces between the marks being equal to the diameter of the counter, and each graduation being on one side of the runway, marked With the numerals in regular succession, and marked 011 the other side of the runway With numbers indicatin g cash The counters may be all of one color or the counters of the several runways may be of different colors.

Partition 7 is arranged a short distance below the upper edges of the casing 6, and the space above the runways thus formed is inclosed by glass plates 23. At the upper end of each runway a reservoir 24 for the counters is provided. The upper surface of partition S is provided with a pair of converging guides 26, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,) thus forming a chute having its broad or receiving end beneath the lower end of partition 7 and its discharging end above the middle of the counter-receptacle 10. Each of the runways communicates at its lower end with said chute through an opening 27, and the lower end of the chute communicates with the counter-receptacle through an opening 28.

The operation of my device is as follows: That portion of the runways which is above the first series of stops 13 is filled with counters, there being one counter for each graduation-m ark. If the purpose is simply to keep tally of a series of events, as the delivery of bushels of wheat, upon the delivery of the first bushel the operator pushes the first stop 13 of the upper series downward, thus bringing the apertures 16 therein opposite the counters in the runway, thus permitting the counters to pass through the aperture, the.

other counters being prevented from follow- IOO ing the first by the guard 17. The released counter continues down the runway until arrested by the eorresponding stop of the lower series. This operation is repeated until all the counters in the upper part of the first runway have been exhausted, a glance at the graduations showing at any tine how many bushels have been delivered. The counters in the upper portion of the first runwayhaving all passed downward and resting against the lowernost stop in said runway, the operater now manipulates the lower stop, thus disengaging the counters successively into the lower part of the runway, Whence they pass through the opening 537 to the chute formed on partition 8, from whence they drop through the opening 28 into the counter-reeeptaele 10. This operation is repeated with each runway in suceession until all of the counters have passed into the reeeptacle 10. ,lt will be observed that the graduations of the runway in the upper and the central portions thereof are nunbered conseeutively, se that when the runway is enpty it indicates the delivcry of eighteen bushels, although but nine counters have been used. If cash sales are to be registered, the operation is the same and the anount of the sales is indicated by the graduation-marks denoting cash values.

I elaiin as my inventionl. In a register-ing deviee, the conbination of a casing provided with a series of longitudinal inclined runways, each of said runways being provided with a pair of movable steps each consisting of a single piece of sheet metal provided with an aperture adapted to pernit the passage of a ball, and a guard cut from the body of said stop and bent over said aperture, the space between the body of the stop and the guard being sufficient to pernit the entranee of a ball arranged one in advan ce of the other, a series of balls arranged in said runways, the said runways being provided with graduation-marks arrangcd opposite the balls therein, and a ball-rece1tacle arranged beneath said runway so as to receive the balls therefrom, all substantially as set forth.

In a register-ing device, the conbination of a casing provided with a series of longitudinal runways, each of said runways being provided with a novable stop consisting of a single piece oi' sheet inetal provided with an aperture adapted to permit the passage of a ball, and a guard cut froni the body of said stop and bent over said aperture, the space between the body of the stop and the guard being suilieient to pernit the entranee of a ball, a series oi' balls arranged in said runways, the runways being provided with graduation-narks arranged opposite the balls therein, a ball-reeeptaele arranged beneath said runways, and an inelined chute ar- -anged beneath the runways so as to receive the balls froni the several runways and deliver them to the ball-receptaele, all substantially as set forth.

In a registering devicc, the conbination with an inclined runway adapted to receive a series of balls, of the novable stop mounted in said runway so as to intercept said balls, said stop consisting of a single piece of sheet metal provided With an aperture adapted to pernit the passage of a ball, and a guard cut :from the body ot said stop and bent over said aperture, the space between the body of the stop and the guard being sui'ficient to pernit the entranee oi' a ball, substantially as set forth. p

4:. In a register-ing device, the conbination. with an inclined runway adapted to receive a series of balls, oi' a novable stop nounted in said runway so as to intercept said balls, said stop eonsisting of a single piece of sheet metal provided with an aperture adapted to permit the passage of a ball, a gua'd cut froni the body of said stop and bent over said aperture, the space between the body of the stop and the guard being sullicient to perniit the entrance of a ball therebetween, and thelower end of said stop bent at an angle to the body thereof and provided with a pair of openin adapted to receive a pair of rods upon which the said stop niay be longitudinally moved, and a spring adapted to engage the said lower end of the stop and hold the said stop in position to prevent the passage oi' the balls in the runway, all as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE ADISON PIIILLIPS.

XVitnesses:

BLARSHAL M. ROLANIL), SHERMAN MAemv. 

